Milky Way: analyzing the photo

Visual phenomenon Milky Way It’s at least worth photographing; Stars, dust and interstellar gas come together and create a light path at night. In fact, the name of the galaxy itself is Latin for “milk road.” We tell you our tricks for photographing it!

The first thing you need to know is that your choice of location matters. To see the Milky Way in all its splendor, we will look for a space where Light pollution be as minimal as possible; and this also includes the Moon. The most practical thing is that if you have a choice, you will go out and take a photo once. new moon night

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Keep in mind that due to the darkness of the scene, the ISO will have to be high. We customize ISO 6400to avoid losing too much image quality and creating too much noise; but our light pollution was very low.

Nevertheless, if you had more lights around, please note that the ISO must be belowto avoid overexposing the image.

In our case, low light pollution allowed us to capture the color gradient (orange to black) of the sky and camera. full frame

with its sensor it allowed me to raise the ISO without loss of quality.

Shooting data: ISO 6400; f/4; 21 seconds; Corner lens 16-35mm, f/4 and focal length 16mm; full frame DSLR camera; tripod

For targetwe used angular (16-35mm at 16mm focal length) to get a very open shot: this way we can capture as much of the path of the Milky Way as possible, and we can also include some of the environment.

For compose an image, we chose the great mountain as the main object and therefore placed it in the center. The Milky Way emerges from the top. This increases the readability of the image; When one looks at it, it starts at the mountain and follows a path upward, also increasing its vertical format.

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illuminance measurement This is done on the sky, which creates a solid black color that contrasts without taking center stage in the galaxy.

He concentrate it’s at infinity, but it’s always good to check on the spot on the camera screen that are actually in focus stars and mountains. To achieve this, tripod Stable and reliable is our best ally as you will need quite a long shutter time.

We use a shutter release cable that we attach to a tripod and a two-second shooting delay that it offers to the cameraman to Do not shake the photo when you press the shutter button.. And what speed do you need? In our case, 21 seconds was enough to catch the necessary light and the stars froze in the sky.

Finally, keep in mind that the best months to photograph the Milky Way are April, May, and August (this depends on the hemisphere we’re photographing from). And with that, you have it all… Now you can go out and search for the Milky Way!